Watch as a Chickadee family grows in one of our nesting boxes in this short, two-minute video. We captured the entire nesting process—from egg to nestling to fully feathered Chickadee.
Volunteer Tree Planting
TREC is Hosting our Annual Fall Volunteer Tree Planting Day Saturday, October 5th
Volunteers will meet at the Trout River Environmental Committee office located at 575 Taylor Road, North Granville, PE, C0A 1E0 for 9am and travel together to the tree planting location on the Princetown rd.
The tree planting site that has been chosen is an old farm field with a small number of trees and shrubs growing in the area. We hope to add more trees, shrubs and pollinator plants to this site in order to improve habitat for wildlife above Granville Creek.
The site is easily accessible with a wide trail, allowing for all age ranges to be able to attend this event.
In total TREC plans to plant around 150 trees, plants, and shrubs within the area which will consist of:
• 45 Milkweed
• 12 Spikenard
• 24 Red Maple
• 12 White Birch
• 12 Red Pine
• 6 Eastern Larch
• 6 Eastern White Cedar
• 12 Willow
• 12 Spirea
• 6 Bayberry
Volunteers are encouraged to wear proper footwear and bring their own pair of gloves, if you do not have gloves TREC will provide them.
Coffee and snacks will also be provided on site!
If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions please email projects@troutriverec.ca or message us on Facebook or Instagram.
TREC Nature Walk
Join TREC for a walk of the Devil’s Punchbowl Trail, guided by Daniel McRae with Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project on September 7th, 9am-11am!
Come out and learn about native plant species within the Wabanaki-Acadian Forest, wildlife, watershed work and more!
Please RSVP by emailing projects@troutriverec.ca as spots are limited!
If you have any questions regarding this walk, please reach out to the email above, or message us on Facebook or Instagram.
Nature walk tips:
1. Bring water
2. Bring bug spray
3. Wear proper footwear
4. Download the Merlin ap on your phone (optional)
5. Let us know about any restrictions or mobility issues prior to the walk and we will do our best to accommodate. Please let us know if you do not wish to be photographed as well.
6. Ask us anything you would like to know during the walk!
*In the case of heavy rain, the walk will be moved to the following day, Sunday, September 8th at 9am.
The Cross-watershed Tree Swallow Banding Program
TREC Annual Tree Drive
The TREC Annual Tree Drive has arrived!
This year’s Tree Drive will be held Friday, July 12th, from 4pm-7pm at the TREC office, 575 Taylor Road, North Granville.
Come by our Tree Drive, donate, take home native trees and shrubs along with planting guides, and renew your TREC Annual Membership with donations $20 and over.
Last year we raised $3500 which helped us purchase our new (to us) TREC truck which we needed so dearly! Come out and show your support, July 12th, from 4-7pm at the TREC office, 575 Taylor Road, North Granville.
We would like to give a big thank you to Arbor Nursery Ltd., Kool Breeze Farms and individual tree donors Dustin Jewell and Andrew Lush for their generous donations of trees and shrubs this year, this would not be possible without you!
Trees you may find at our Tree Drive this year are white pine, red oak, wild rose, yellow birch, red maple, sugar maple, striped maple and more native species to PEI!
Raffle at Riverbank Heritage Day!
If you donate at Riverbank Heritage Day, June 8th, you will be entered to win a prize!
$10 and over gives you the chance to win a TREC hat, red oak or pine tree, nesting box or nesting box kit, both come with tree swallow guides!
If you donate $20 or over you could win a painting from our live painter, Sophia Djuk!
Come out and celebrate Canadian Rivers Day at Riverbank Heritage Day, this Saturday outside of Carr’s Wildlife Centre
Riverbank Heritage Day Kayak Tour
Kayak Tour registrations for Riverbank Heritage Day are officially open!
Steps:
1. sign up using the link to the google docs sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B-sKe6KpkFSUaIGQ4dAxoRg72rW8soe8dH4x99Zka0o/edit?usp=sharing
2. download, fill out, and email the waiver to director@troutriverec.ca
3. *bring your own kayak and life jacket*
4. Meet at this location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/e8WDcnk3QmscYVrc9 (at the corner of 6 and 238)
Kayak tour will be 45 minutes to an hour long, touring the coastline of Stanley Bridge area with educational watershed facts.
Riverbank Heritage Day: Saturday June 8th, located at 32 Campbellton Road, Stanley Bridge.
AGM Tonight: May 27th at 7:30pm
Riverbank Heritage Day
Trout River Environmental Committee would like to invite you to attend Riverbank Heritage Day, celebrating Canadian Rivers Day!
The event will be held Saturday June 8th, from 11am to 3pm, outside of Carr’s Oyster Bar, 32 Campbellton Rd in Stanley Bridge.
The event will include environmental groups as exhibitors and presenters with a focus on education surrounding watercourses, as well as artists and crafters. Come and see educational displays of native and exotic wildlife inside Carr’s Wildlife Centre with a focus on conservation, including a replica of Bob the Leatherback Sea Turtle!
Guests will also have the opportunity to go out on the water via kayak tours of Stanley River! Bring your own kayak and TREC will be your guide, see Facebook events page updates and troutriverec.ca for pre registration.
This event is fun for the whole family, make trading cards with PEI Wild Child and enjoy environment based children’s activities with TREC and Carr’s Wildlife Centre!
We have so many great groups coming out this year including Hunter Clyde Watershed Group, Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association, Kensington North Watershed Group, PEI Invasive Species Council, Atlantic Salmon Federation, PEI Watershed Alliance, Wheatley River Improvement Group and more!
The event is free or by donation, any donation over $10 gives you the chance to win a prize!
TREC would like to thank Innovation PEI for funding this event, as well as Carr’s Oyster Bar for the grounds!
2023 Annual Report
We have just released our 2023 Annual Report detailing all of our activities for the year 2023! If you are interested in learning more about what we do as an organization this is a great resource.